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BSE Transmitted From
Sheep To Sheep Via
Blood Transfusion
By Zoe Morris
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9-15-00
 
 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH STATEMENT BSE TRANSMITTED INTO SHEEP VIA WHOLE BLOOD
 
Responding to the article published in the Lancet today from the Institute of Animal Health (IAH), a Department of Health spokesperson said:
 
"We welcome the publication of this Department of Health funded research regarding the transmission of BSE in sheep via whole blood transfusion. We will ask the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC) to examine this research at their next meeting on September 29th 2000.
 
"The report shows that BSE can be transmitted via whole blood transfusion from sheep with preclinical BSE to healthy animals. However there remains no evidence that CJD or vCJD has ever been transmitted to humans through blood transfusion or blood products.
 
"The research also points out that whole blood is not used for human blood transfusions in the UK. White cells are now removed from blood for transfusion (leucodepletion) and all blood products used in the UK are made from plasma imported from countries where there is no evidence of vCJD.
 
"The Government introduced these precautionary measures following the expert advice of SEAC to minimise any theoretical risk to patients on the basis that transmission of vCJD through blood might take place before clinical symptoms occur. This risk remains theoretical. Government will continue to seek and act on recommendations from SEAC as more is known about the disease."
 
 
 
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